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Starwood Hotels – Travel Industry Discount Rates

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Deal At A Glance

Link:  www.spg.com/pro to join
Details: You must join, log-in, complete the first learning module, then find the ‘PROLEARNING’ link at the bottom, then you will find the ‘Book Starpro Rates link’ – or if you are logged in – just click here
Book by:  Ongoing
Eligibility: Must present proper identification as detailed above when booking and upon check-in
Potential savings: 40% is common
Ease of use: Fairly straightforward once you have registered and jumped through the initial hoops and know where to find the link…
Note: There is a separate ‘Travel Professional Rate’, however this serves up smaller discounts as outlined below.

Further Information

One of our most requested hotel chains is Starwood – perhaps not by name, but by one of the myriad of largely luxury brands they own.

You’ll probably know their brands – Sheraton, Westin, The Luxury Collection, the luxury boutique W Hotels brand, St. Regis, Le Méridien and an upcoming range of mid-priced properties such as Aloft, Four Points by Sheraton and the first environmentally friendly chain – Element by Westin.

With 25% of the 1,200 hotels under the Starwood brand being in the United States, they are a great place to explore Travel Industry rates – which fortunately are relative straightforward to find – once you’ve signed up.

Starwood operates a SPG Pro Programme where you are expected to join Starwoods Frequent Traveller Programme. You also (as per most US Centric Programmes) expected to enter an IATA/TIDS/ARC/TRUE/CLIA number. With the majority of these being irrelevant to us in the UK – enter your IATA, or some people have entered that of their Consolidators if they do not have their own. Always carry ID on check-in (business cards / letter of employment on headed notepaper).

After signing up – head to the Pro Learning Section where you must pass the straightforward Loyalty and Brands section – this is essential to get access to StarPro rates.

And it’s well worth it. For example – we found the W Hotel in Leicester Square at a 40% saving.

It should also be mentioned that Starwood also offers a secondary ‘Travel Professional Rate’, but this was vastly inferior in price and availability compared to the Star Pro rates in every case we examined – so we recommend you spend a bit more time going through the Starwood training programme to access the better rates.

Deal Recap

Link:  www.spg.com/pro to join
Details: You must join, log-in, complete the first learning module, then find the ‘PROLEARNING’ link at the bottom, then you will find the ‘Book Starpro Rates link’ – or if you are logged in – just click here
Book by:  Ongoing
Eligibility: Must present proper identification as detailed above when booking and upon check-in
Potential savings: 40% is common
Ease of use: Fairly straightforward once you have registered and jumped through the initial hoops and know where to find the link…
Note: There is a separate ‘Travel Professional Rate’, however this serves up smaller discounts as outlined below.

Anantara Hotels – Travel Industry Discount Information

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The Deal At A Glance

Link: Anantara Hotels
Details: Enter ‘TIR’ in the Promotion Code Box
Book By: Ongoing
Eligibility: Valid for travel agents or airline employees. ID can and will be requested at check-in.
Ease Of Use: Very easy, how every Travel Industry Rate should be!

 

Further Details

We love Anantara Hotels, whether you chose a villa or suite and in any location, the feel is always luxurious and relaxed.

Anantara (and it’s other brands including Avani) have a number of hotels in Thailand – from all Pool Villa Anantara Rasananda on Koh Phangan to great family accommodation at the Anantara Baan Rajprasong in Bangkok. They also have fantastic hotels in other countries – from Bali to Mozambique!

What we also love is how easy it is to take advantage of their generous offers available to travel industry employees.

You simply go to their site, search for a location and dates and then apply the code in the promotions box. Job done.

We recommend having two tabs open, put the promotion code in one and then do the exact same search only without the code, this is the easiest way to get a sense of how much you are saving. It is not uncommon to find savings of well beyond 30%.

Please let us know how you get on with this discount in the comments section of this page – what’s your favourite Anantara getaway?

 

Deal Recap

Link: Anantara Hotels
Details: Enter ‘TIR’ in the Promotion Code Box
Book By: Ongoing
Eligibility: Valid for travel agents or airline employees. ID can and will be requested at check-in.
Ease Of Use: Very easy, how every Travel Industry Rate should be!

Thai Airways Industry Fares 2018

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Thai Airways have released their 2018 Industry Fares to a wide range of destinations in Thailand and Asia. Fares start at £404 per person including all taxes, and you can take upto 3 companions! It’s easy to check availability before you travel (longhaul in W Class).

Thailand has a wide range of hotels offering industry discounts as well – we’ll be covering these over the weeks to come.

Needless to say that Thai Airways are a fantastic airlines – offering genuine hospitality from the moment you step on board (this is the voice of experience rather than a PR release!). We strongly recommend you try and book onto their once daily A380 departure – or if it returns to the LHR route – their brand spanking new A350.

Rumours of a launch from Manchester have been spreading for a while, so fingers crossed for this – and of course a few industry fares and FAM trips to promote the routes!

Link: Further Details Thai Airways Industry Fares
Details: Cannot book more than 30 days in advance of travel – use your GDS to check availability (longhaul in W Class)
Book By: 30 NOV 18 – for travel 09 APR 18 – 12 JUL 18 / 13 AUG 18 – 07 DEC 18
Eligibility:  Proof of employment in UK Travel Industry Required at time of booking – not valid for airline staff
Ease Of Use: Straightforward

Last minute Bali – 5* Sofitel Nusa Dua

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Just a quick offer that has popped up – but excellent value for those of you with last minute holiday time to use up. The beachfront 5* Sofitel Nusa Dua in Bali is offering trade rates of Indonesia Rupiah 1,300,000 a night – which equates to about £65. This is 30%-60% cheaper than what the hotel is offering direct on their website.

If you would like to stay after November, have a look at the Accor Industry Rates Page and see if you can get a deal: http://www.tidiscounts.com/2014/09/accor-hotels/

For flights, we notice www.touchdown.co.uk has an offer with Malaysia Airlines for £399 to Kuala Lumpur – check with them for extensions to Bali, or look at Air Asia for cheap add-ons.

Or have a scour with Skyscanner – they let you search by the entire month with a variety of departure airports – currently showing Bali from £430 on Garuda Indonesia (an excellent airline onboard) from London Gatwick. Tip – Skyscanner can be excellent for searching for cheap long haul flights for your clients too before booking in your GDS – it’s got great ‘flexible’ search tools.

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Worth noting that Indonesia has dropped their US$25 visa fee for UK Passport Holders, but do check you have 6 months validity left upon returning to the UK (yes they are very strict on this).

Touchdown Link: www.touchdown.co.uk
Skyscanner Link: www.skyscanner.net
Hotel Details: To make a reservation, e-mail [email protected] or call +62 361 849 2888 quoting “SPECIAL OFFER for Travel Agent Employees”
Book by: ASAP – for stays in November only
Eligibility: Very strictly Travel Industry only rates – You will be required to present ID with both Sofitel and Touchdown.
Ease of use: Straightforward, as long as you get moving!

 

The Elysian Bali – Fancy a private pool villa in uber-trendy Seminyak?

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One of Bali’s top all-private pool villa hotels, The Elysian has launched an agent rate of US$195 (+ tax) for travel from now until 26th December (yes Christmas is currently available!).

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Your One Bed Private Pool Villa

Set in Seminyak (home of most of Bali’s trendiest bars and restaurants) the Elysian is only a short walk from Seminyak beach (a great place to learn to surf), and a wonderful luxurious base to explore the rest of Bali.

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Seminyak Beach – a wonderful sunset spot

Current consumer rates are US$406.56 (including tax) so US$235.95 (including tax) is a wonderful saving.

Have a look at Trip Advisor to see how highly rated the Elysian is: www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotels-g469404-Seminyak_Bali-Hotels.html

Link: www.theelysian.com
Details: E-mail the hotel at [email protected] directly quoting TE-IN (say you came from T.I Discounts)
Book by: Travel by 26th December 2014
Eligibility: Available to ‘Industry Travel Friends’ – a copy of your staff ID, like a business card should be attached to the booking (to be made from your work e-mail address).
Ease of use: Could not be easier!

Oberoi’s Bali & Lombok

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Although primarily renowned for their luxury hotels in India, the 5* hotel chain Oberoi Hotels have two little gems in Bali & Lombok. They are currently offering a Travel Trade Special Rate for these two properties for Indonesia’s low season (November through March). Although low season does coincide with the ‘rains’ – these predominantly fall in January & February – but even then at a fraction of what you might find in other monsoon hit areas of Asia. November is especially is a lovely time to hit these islands in Indonesia’s ‘Ring of Fire’.

We especially recommend the gorgeous resort of the Oberoi Lombok, sat as on it’s own private beach overlooking the Gili Islands (perfect for combining with some snorkelling or even recovering from a full moon party on Gili Trawangan!).

At first glance the rates do not look too special – a flat US$250, with consumer rates on their website around US$315 after tax – but most direct bookings do not include a lavish breakfast which will put you back another US$20 each. The two day maximum stay seems rather ungenerous, but both Bali & Lombok are made for exploring!

However, these are undoubtably wonderful 5* hotels that will be the highlight of your stay. Also Upgrades to Higher Room Categories are offered subject to availability at check-in – and in the low season you’d be unlucky to not get an upgrade.

Look at combining with the Alila Ubud on Bali (trade rates through Design Hotels: http://www.tidiscounts.com/2014/09/03/design-hotels/ or the Novotel Lombok on the beautiful untouched south coast of Bali (via Accor: http://www.tidiscounts.com/2014/09/12/accor-hotels/)

Oberoi

Link:  http://www.oberoihotels.com/
Details:  US$250 prpn Oberoi Bali (Luxury Lanai Garden View) or Oberoi Lombok (Luxury Pavilion Garden View) including all taxes and breakfast.
Book by:  No book by date, but valid for stays 01 Nov – 20 Dec 2014 & 10 Jan – 31 Mar 2015)
Eligibility: Available to Travel Agents Only – ID Required upon check-in
Ease Of Use:  Easy – e-mail their Director of Sales Sukesi Windyarini on [email protected] to book.